Puerto Rico Newshttp://snewsi.comChoose Your Newshttp://i.snewsi.com/apple-touch-icon-72-precomposed.pngsnewsi.comhttp://snewsi.comFEMA: Gov't bolstering Puerto Rico responsehttp://snewsi.com/id/17361141061/FEMA-Govt-bolstering-Puerto-Rico-responseTue, 26 Sep 2017 17:54:23 -0400Des Moines Register - A day after traveling to Puerto Rico, FEMA chief Brock Long said the U.S. federal government is 'dramatically increasing the federal footprint' in Puerto Rico and working tirelessly to stabilize the situation. (Sept. 26)]]>AP Top Stories September 26, 2017http://snewsi.com/id/17361141072/AP-Top-Stories-September-26-2017Tue, 26 Sep 2017 17:54:23 -0400Des Moines Register - Here are the top stories for Tuesday, September 26: Senate health care repeal bill dies; Trump says he'll visit Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands; Roger Stone appears on Capitol Hill in Russia probe; Stunning time-lapse of Aurora Borealis.]]>URGENT - Trump's Puerto Rico responsehttp://snewsi.com/id/17361140850/URGENT---Trumps-Puerto-Rico-responseTue, 26 Sep 2017 17:50:21 -0400CNN - (CNN) -- The President's last-minute decision to visit the island next week came after criticism about his response to the devastation there]]>AP Top Stories 26 Phttp://snewsi.com/id/17361140810/AP-Top-Stories-26-PTue, 26 Sep 2017 17:48:39 -0400USA Today - Here are the top stories for Tuesday, September 26: Senate health care repeal bill dies; Trump says he'll visit Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands; Roger Stone appears on Capitol Hill in Russia probe; Stunning time-lapse of Aurora Borealis. ]]>Who will help Puerto Rico?http://snewsi.com/id/17361141052/Who-will-help-Puerto-RicoTue, 26 Sep 2017 17:47:55 -0400CNN - It will likely cost tens of billions of dollars to help Puerto Rico recover. But who will pay for it?]]>Why Puerto Rico's power outages could prove very deadly, in one charthttp://snewsi.com/id/17361076285/Why-Puerto-Ricos-power-outages-could-prove-very-deadly-in-one-chartTue, 26 Sep 2017 17:47:14 -0400Vox - Long-term power outages are devastating for public health. Horrifying stories of Hurricane Maria's impact on Puerto Rico's sickest and most vulnerable are now trickling in: a newborn who couldn't get a scheduled surgery for her heart defect because the storm closed down her hospital, an elderly woman with diabetes struggling to keep her life-sustaining insulin cool. One theme underlying many of these tales: Power outages throw the health care system into chaos. As Vox's Brian Resnick explained, the storm knocked out power for the entire island, and five days later, most of Puerto Rico's 3.4 million residents are still in the dark. Some hospitals are now running generators, but many households will have to wait up to six months for power to be restored. We often take electricity for granted, and don't typically associate it with public health. A lot of the ways they're tied together are hidden. But when the power is out, it becomes painfully clear how much the medical, public health, a]]>'Slowly unfolding human catastrophe': Fox's Geraldo Rivera blasts 'mind-boggling' Puerto Rico responsehttp://snewsi.com/id/17361140318/Slowly-unfolding-human-catastrophe-Foxs-Geraldo-Rivera-blasts-mind-boggling-Puerto-Rico-responseTue, 26 Sep 2017 17:46:51 -0400Raw Story - Fox News correspondent at-large Geraldo Rivera painted a terrifying portrait of the humanitarian disaster in Puerto Rico while reporting live from the San Juan airport. "It is a mess," Rivera told Fox News anchor Shepard Smith. "It's jammed, the main terminal is jammed, Shep,...]]>How a Shipping Law Could Hurt Puerto Rico's Recovery Efforthttp://snewsi.com/id/17361140324/How-a-Shipping-Law-Could-Hurt-Puerto-Ricos-Recovery-EffortTue, 26 Sep 2017 17:45:32 -0400KXAS NBC Fort Worth - As Puerto Rico struggles to recover amid mass power outages and food and water shortages, some politicians and experts say that one 97-year-old maritime law will make recuperating from the disaster much...]]>'My Family Didn't Know If I Was Alive Or Dead': Man Stranded In Puerto Rico Trying To Get Back Home To Phillyhttp://snewsi.com/id/17361140263/My-Family-Didnt-Know-If-I-Was-Alive-Or-Dead-Man-Stranded-In-Puerto-Rico-Trying-To-Get-Back-Home-To-PhillyTue, 26 Sep 2017 17:45:12 -0400WWJ CBS Detroit - Angel Medina chopped through wood for five days to get his jeep from the easternmost point of the island to San Juan.]]>Trump on Puerto Rico recovery efforts: 'We've had tremendous reviews'http://snewsi.com/id/17361140131/Trump-on-Puerto-Rico-recovery-efforts-Weve-had-tremendous-reviewsTue, 26 Sep 2017 17:44:18 -0400McClatchy - President Trump announced that he will travel to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands next week during a joint press conference with Spanish President Mariano Rajoy on Sept. 26. "I think the administration is doing a really good job [with aid efforts]," Trump said.]]>Pastors unite for Hurricane Maria relief as Cleveland man suffers tragedyhttp://snewsi.com/id/17361140503/Pastors-unite-for-Hurricane-Maria-relief-as-Cleveland-man-suffers-tragedyTue, 26 Sep 2017 17:43:41 -0400WJW FOX Cleveland - OAKWOOD VILLAGE, Ohio ? "Water came rushing in, it just took him, he didn't have a chance." Harold Cancel of Cleveland says his father was in the process of surveying the damage in his neighborhood in Puerto Rico, when he drowned in the floodwaters caused by Hurricane Maria. Harold Cancel Rosa was just 55-years old. Cancel said, "We was scared of Maria, the Hurricane Maria and it was never in our thoughts that it was gonna affect our family the]]>Geraldo Rivera Jabs Trump's Puerto Rico Effort: Headed for 'Screwed Up Response That Katrina Was'http://snewsi.com/id/17361140409/Geraldo-Rivera-Jabs-Trumps-Puerto-Rico-Effort-Headed-for-Screwed-Up-Response-That-Katrina-WasTue, 26 Sep 2017 17:42:20 -0400Independent Journal Review - "It's very, very, very spotty. It's very frustrating because there's no coordination."]]>Iowa City couple stranded in Puerto Rico in wake of Hurricane Mariahttp://snewsi.com/id/17361139905/Iowa-City-couple-stranded-in-Puerto-Rico-in-wake-of-Hurricane-MariaTue, 26 Sep 2017 17:41:36 -0400Iowa City Press-Citizen - Ron and Diane Truhlar hope to fly back to Iowa Oct. 7 after waiting out the storm. ]]>New York stands with Puerto Rico: Editorialhttp://snewsi.com/id/17361139984/New-York-stands-with-Puerto-Rico-EditorialTue, 26 Sep 2017 17:41:07 -0400Journal News - Some 3.5 million U.S. citizens need our help, now. New York, with such strong ties to the territory, has quickly offered aid and support.]]>Black Kos, Tuesday's Chilehttp://snewsi.com/id/17361139738/Black-Kos-Tuesdays-ChileTue, 26 Sep 2017 17:40:03 -0400Daily Kos - Puerto Rico: "Race," ancestry, identity and culture Commentary by Black Kos Editor Denise Oliver-Velez Since Hurricanes Irma, Jose and Maria roared through the Caribbean, wreaking destruction and death on all in their paths, I've been blogging...]]>Puerto Rico: Forced Sterilization in 60s, now genocidal inaction post Hurricane Mariahttp://snewsi.com/id/17361139761/Puerto-Rico-Forced-Sterilization-in-60s-now-genocidal-inaction-post-Hurricane-MariaTue, 26 Sep 2017 17:40:03 -0400Daily Kos - In my opinion, the US Government, under the orange, is about to have its long term genocidal wishes fulfilled by a natural disaster, Hurricane Maria. Most people do not know about the forced sterilization program in Puerto Rico deployed in the 60s by...]]>Catalan Looney Tuneshttp://snewsi.com/id/17361139693/Catalan-Looney-TunesTue, 26 Sep 2017 17:39:03 -0400Daily Kos - What with all the horrible things happening ? the neglect of Puerto Rico, North Korean threats, Healthcare Torture bills, and the great NFL twitter war ?Â I thought you all would enjoy some lighter news.Â Â Over in the upper right hand corner of...]]>Utah parents run into daughter at airport after Mormon church evacuated her from mission in Puerto Ricohttp://snewsi.com/id/17361140339/Utah-parents-run-into-daughter-at-airport-after-Mormon-church-evacuated-her-from-mission-in-Puerto-RicoTue, 26 Sep 2017 17:37:45 -0400Salt Lake Tribune - The first thing that caught Michael McDonald's eye was the woman's hair ? significantly longer than it was when his daughter embarked on her Mormon mission to Puerto Rico in May, but the same tawny brown curls. "I said: 'Is that her? Is it really her?' I couldn't quite believe it," Michael said. In the wake of destruction left by Hurricane Maria, his daughter Erin McDonald had been evacuated Saturday from Puerto Rico, where she was serving a Mormon mission. Michael and Darlene McDonald, returning to Salt Lake City from Washington, D.C., had hoped there would be a chance their paths would converge as Erin and other missionaries traveled back to Salt Lake City from Puerto Rico, by way of Atlanta. "I started to put together a picture of the possibility that she might be in Atlanta at the same time we would be," Michael McDonald said. When they landed at Gate A26, a flight directly next door at Gate A27 was preparing to board for Salt Lake City. There Erin stood, staring back at her fa]]>Local students affected by Hurricane Maria's damage to Puerto Ricohttp://snewsi.com/id/17361140017/Local-students-affected-by-Hurricane-Marias-damage-to-Puerto-RicoTue, 26 Sep 2017 17:37:19 -0400KOMU NBC Columbia - Local students voice their concern for their family and friends in Puerto Rico.]]>WATCH: Outside of trial, Menendez talks Puerto Rico reliefhttp://snewsi.com/id/17361140134/WATCH-Outside-of-trial-Menendez-talks-Puerto-Rico-reliefTue, 26 Sep 2017 17:36:16 -0400NJ.com - The senator said the U.S. needs to do "much more" for its island territory.]]>